by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Historical Novel · War and its Cost · Honour and Chivalry
Abstract
A young French emigre, Louis de Laval, returns to Napoleonic France at his uncle’s invitation, only to be drawn into intrigue, an assassination plot against Napoleon, and family treachery centred on his ancestral estate of Grosbois.
Capitoli / Chapters
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
Readability (prose)-51.6 Flesch ease40.5 FK grade40.5 Fog21% complex80.7 words/sent
Connections
Forms & Genres: Historical Novel Themes & Concepts: Exile, Family and Lineage, Deception, Secrecy and Concealment, Empire and Imperialism, History Motifs: Journey, Sea, Storm, Letters and Writing, Sea and Voyage Historical References: Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars the Navy, French Revolution Settings: France, Ship, Europe Characters: Napoleon Bonaparte Archetypes: Hero, Villain
Also relevant to: Alienation · Outsider · Exile